Considering this film was
Considering this film was based on the novel by George R. R. Martin, it is not an adaptation. This is a true adaptation of the novel. It does not tell us much of anything, and yet it has a very large amount of information that is missing from the novel, which makes it more interesting than it is. Most of the time, however, we find ourselves wishing that somebody would give us more information about the author's work.<br /
Considering this film was a career move, the only reason to watch it was because of the great acting. I don't know why I didn't like the direction of this movie (I've seen a few other movies that did this well), but I didn't think it was enough to make me want to waste my time on this movie. The only thing that bothered me was that the characters seemed to be doing all sorts of "exotic" things (i